In Qingzhou, a relatively isolated small coastal fishing village, the men in the village all pushed their small wheelbarrows out of the village, and the whole village of men, women and children came out to say goodbye. They were going to a place called Lijiazhuang in Jizhou. The price of salt given there is high. If needed, they will take other things in exchange.

"Xiao Qi. The cloth I got last time was very strong and thick, and my mother liked it very much, so I got more this time. Money can be less. A middle-aged woman said to her son.

"Yes. Mother. Tian Xiaoqi nodded and agreed, they lived very tightly in these small coastal fishing villages. The grain produced by the land is very limited, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea, and the best place to get money is the sea, and they rely on drying salt in exchange for some food to get through the difficulties. Before the onset of winter, they had to stock up on the food they needed, cloth. Here, winter is still very cold.

It's nice to have a sheepskin jacket to wear in winter. On a cold day, many people can't survive at all. Many of the elderly mostly froze to death. The price of sheepskin jackets is too expensive, and for these people, the chances of being able to survive are still too small. But blended fabrics, they can afford it.

Tian Xiaoqi last time they followed the smuggling of salt to the ground in Jizhou, the farther away, the better the sale of illegal salt, the more money they made, there, they made a lot of money, in order not to let their old lady be frozen, he bought two pieces of cloth at once, not a lot of money, at most more than half of the car of money is gone. And there is still some time before winter, he can make another trip, buy some food and come back, and the rest of the money will be enough for them to survive the winter. Because the price given there is very high.

So, this time, a lot of men in the village organized, and they decided to go to Jizhong, because the money given there was very fair, and there was good cloth, the kind of cloth mixed with materials, which was strong. It's best to keep warm and make winter clothes. It is said that it can also be made into curtains or something, even if it is hung on the window, it can also withstand a lot of wind and cold, which is what they need most.

"Got it. Mother, go back quickly, we'll be back in a month. Let's go back. Let's go back. Tian Xiaoqi said. Winter is the most unbearable season for them. Because one winter can really take many lives. Now they're already planning for the winter.

The wheelbarrows carry their hopes, their future, and their chances to survive.

Lijiazhuang.

"Oh, auntie, I'm sorry, I don't have copper coins in my hand. This. That's a good thing. Jia Xu ate some breakfast at a breakfast stall. As a result, I didn't bring any money myself.

In fact, Lijiazhuang has never had any breakfast stalls before, why, because every household eats its own. Just do it yourself. There will simply be no one to buy anything early. But now, people's lives are better. The family had some food to spare. This is due to the policy and tax benefits, plus the emergence of a large number of factories near Lijiazhuang, women are busy working in the factories, and the amount of work they work in an hour can make their daily rations. And many women, in order to earn more rations, do not go home at all. Because a round trip is almost half an hour, I can only eat breakfast when I am hungry, and the breakfast stall appears under such demand.

Not only the female workers in the neighborhood, but also in the arsenals, some of the junior factories were not enough to eat in the factory canteen, and usually the canteen only took care of their lunch. Breakfast, the factory doesn't care about that.

Early stalls, that's how it appeared. People's breakfast is still very simple, a piece of steamed cake with wild vegetables, a bowl of gruel, the cost is only two five baht.

"Bonds, bonds too. If Mr. Jia doesn't have it, he can owe it first. The aunt said.

"Auntie, come to a bowl of gruel. Two cakes. At this moment, a strong man shouted loudly, this is the best business. The aunt doesn't care about these either, because the people who come here to eat are all regular customers, and everyone knows each other.

"Give it back, give it back." Auntie said. Then I went to get busy. But Jia Xu seemed to realize something, and he took out a bond. This bond is just a drop in the bucket. But bonds can be traded and circulated, and the effect is the same as that of five baht coins. Jia Xu suddenly realized something, and hurriedly went to the Ministry of Finance and Economics, and Shang Wu went back there this morning to check the situation.

Ministry of Finance and Economics, Shangwu is checking the situation here, there is no way, money is needed to fight a war, it turns out that money is food now, but the development of factories, the purchase of materials, and everything requires a lot of funds, and Shangwu's family is quickly used up.

"At present, we have counted more than 180 factories, and this is the result of our statistics in the base area." Ergou replied.

"One hundred and eighty is a lot." Shang Wu said.

"Yes, sir, there are factories in every village, and one hundred and eighty is just a conservative estimate, and many of our factories in the guerrilla areas are also being built, and I think it won't be long before the number of factories will increase a lot." Ergou excitedly introduced.

"Don't introduce me to these, what I want to know is, how big is their scale, what is the scale?" Shangwu asked.

"Well, there are large and small scales, for example, the factory in Wangjiazhuang is relatively large, and there are more types, the number of workers exceeds more than 500 people, and almost all the people from several nearby villages have gathered. Recently they have also recruited some new arrivals. Ergou said. The so-called newcomers are the Yellow Turban Army and those civilians, and the factory is the place where the surplus labor is arranged to the largest, and many Yellow Turban soldiers have been arranged to enter there, and only a small part has joined the Red Turban Army. They will adapt to the new order.

"Yes, it's smaller. The smallest factory, with only three people, just made some utensils, and they made some gold and silver utensils. Ergou replied.

"That's not a factory anymore. That's still a workshop. It can't be called a factory. Forget it, though. At present, there are still relatively few factories that can be called factories. "Shang Wu wrote some comments in those reports. His opinion was simple. It is to encourage mergers. Let some small workshops be merged into some large factories, factories in the true sense of the word. For example, Wang Ming's factory in Wangjia Village is very good.

Why do you say that? For example, their factories are very large and large, which directly leads to the fact that men and women from several nearby villages come to work here, and they have a great competitive advantage, men can enter the fields, they can also enter the factory, they can produce more new things, such as paper. Women can make ready-to-wear and much more. If these things are successful, they can be sold quickly and make enough profits. Such an enterprise is very competitive, and this is the result that Shangwu needs most. But the problem is that this situation does not affect their situation very well.

For example, these companies lack real capital support, and despite the emergence of industrial and commercial banks, they still provide relatively few loans, because the government itself lacks sufficient capital and market prospects. This makes this kind of factory, the performance of enterprises is still very fragile. There is a problem in the market, raw materials, capital, any link. will knock them back to the prototype.

"Sir, there is one more matter, Lao Jia sent a report from Luoyang. They say there is a huge demand for glass. It's the jewelry industry, and we can offer this kind of product on a large scale, and that will help us a lot. Ergou said.

"Jewelry?" Shang Wu asked curiously.

"Yes, sir. Jewelry, glass and glass are the same thing, in this case we can use the large-scale export of glass, in exchange for a lot of wealth, with such a sum of money, our situation can be greatly improved the current situation. Ergou said.

"Oh." Shang Wu nodded, for glass, he thought of a microscope, a magnifying glass, or a telescope, at worst it was just a building material, but seeing glass as jewelry, this was the first time Shang Wu had such a view.

That's when he remembered. In ancient China, glass was extremely rare. Therefore, such a thing can have a great price, and the first role of glass is actually regarded as jewelry.

"Sir, we can produce on such a large scale, this is not much harm to us, this is an opportunity for us to make a fortune, such a thing, for us, it is too simple." Ergou said.

"I see, okay, just do it." Shang Wu said. It was the first time he had found that he had mastered such a large piece of wealth, and with such a thing, their situation would be even more favorable. In this way, Shangwu's financial problems were largely solved.

"Shangwu, Shangwu, there is a major news that I think we should pay attention to." Jia Xu came in in a hurry.

"What's the news?" Shang Wu asked curiously. Ergou also looked at Jia Xu puzzled.

"This." Jia Xu took out the bond in his hand and said to Shangwu.

"Bonds, what's wrong? Should we continue to issue bonds? This is unlikely, this kind of thing is not easy to carry on, you know, this kind of bond has exhausted a certain amount of people's power. Shang Wu said.

"No, it's not this, it's the bonds that can be circulated. I had already used it once when I had just eaten breakfast, and that's how the god of breakfast was used. Jia Xu said.

"What?" Shang Wu was surprised, it was a bond not a currency, and a bond actually had the function of a currency.